Unit 1 Education .1
Part A Lead-in .2
News Reading Schoolchildren Fearful about Future since EU
Referendum, Say Heads 2
Part B Reading 4
Reading 1 Will Online Learning Replace the Classroom? . 4
Reading 2 No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns
Teaching Upside Down . 15
Reading 3 Hire Education: A Vocational Model Succeeds . 22
Part C Unit Assignments .28
Unit 2 Science and Technology .29
Part A Lead-in .30
News Reading Go Humans: Lee Sedol Scores First Victory Against
Supercomputer 30
Part B Reading 33
Reading 1 Navigate the Jungle of Tech Ecosystems 33
Reading 2 The Robots Are Coming . 43
Reading 3 The Simple, Free Solution to Asias Myopia Epidemic 51
Part C Unit Assignments .57
Unit 3 Disasters .59
Part A Lead-in .60
News Reading Yangtze Basin Hit by Flooding with Storms Spanning
1,000 Miles 60
Part B Reading 62
Reading 1 Different Natural Disasters, Same Risky Human Habits 62
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Reading 2 Midwest Floods Leave Red Cross in the Red . 70
Reading 3 Humans Add to Natural Disaster Risk 76
Part C Unit Assignments .82
Unit 4 Sports .83
Part A Lead-in .84
News Reading Li Jianrou Wins 500m Gold 84
Part B Reading 88
Reading 1 Brexit Wins: How Will British Sport Be Affected? 88
Reading 2 Education the Heart of Olympics Says Rogge 99
Reading 3 Grudge Match . 105
Part C Unit Assignments .112
Unit 5 Global Development 113
Part A Lead-in .114
News Reading World Health Organisation Reports Dramatic Fall
in Malaria Deaths 114
Part B Reading 117
Reading 1 Who Owns You? . 117
Reading 2 The Feelgood Factor . 126
Reading 3 Woman Challenges Tradition, Brings Change to
Her Kenyan Village . 132
Part C Unit Assignments 139
Unit 6 Environment 141
Part A Lead-in 142
News Reading Climate Protesters Invade UKs Largest Opencast
Coalmine . 142
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Part B Reading 145
Reading 1 How Do You Junk Your Computer . 145
Reading 2 Climate Change Lights the Touchpaper on TerrorWe
Must Fight Them Together 156
Reading 3 A Tree Grows in Kenya . 164
Part C Unit Assignments .170
Unit 7 Politics 171
Part A Lead-in .172
News Reading UK Must Be Involved in EU Anti-terrorism Measures,
Says Keith Vaz 172
Part B Reading 175
Reading 1 Win-win Governance 175
Reading 2 The New Words of War . 184
Reading 3 Progress Against Corruption . 191
Part C Unit Assignments .197
Unit 8 Economics 199
Part A Lead-in .200
News Reading Tax Havens Have No Economic Justifi cation, Say Top
Economists 200
Part B Reading 204
Reading 1 The Problem with Profi ts 204
Reading 2 Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship . 215
Reading 3 Banker Who Lends to the Poor Wins Nobel Peace
Prize .221
Part C Unit Assignments .226
Key to the Exercises 227